Monument record SSM 009 - Cropmark of possible long barrow (115 x 25 paces), W of Stratford Hall.

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Summary

Cropmark of possible long barrow (115 x 25 paces), W of Stratford Hall.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0528 3424 (108m by 41m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TM03SE
Civil Parish STRATFORD ST MARY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Cropmark of long barrow (115 x 25 paces), W of Stratford Hall (S6)(R1)(R2)(S9) . Long, narrow, rectangular enclosure with rounded corners. Various lengths of field boundary nearby. Also ring ditch, SSM 010 (S1-S4) and 3 others 'in the same field' (S6, R3). Brief discussion in (S5).
1978: Oval enclosure c.110m long by 25m wide (S10).

Sources/Archives (15)

  • <R1> (No record type): Bul Colchester Archaeol Group, 14, 1971, map 18, 15, 16.
  • <M1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. APs: CUCAP BXT 30; SAU AJB 15, AJF 06-08; NMR 2/411; Mrs McMasters ED 15.
  • <S1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP, BXT 30, 1964.
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, AP AJB 15, AJF 06-08.
  • <M2> (No record type): ,108, (?) 1989; ECC SWBW18/12 (30/6/93).
  • <R2> (No record type): Erith F H, The Levelled Long Barrows, Bul Col Arch Group, 14, 1971, 35-6.
  • <R3> Photograph: Farrands. Air Photograph. Farrands RH, AP, Nos 10 & 43, Undated.
  • <S3> Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR, AP 2/411.
  • <S4> (No record type): McMasters, I.. McMasters Mrs, APs ED 15, 108 1980, (?) 1989.
  • <S5> Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Fitch N, draft BA dissertation, Nottingham, 2001.
  • <S6> Photograph: Farrands. Air Photograph. Farrands RH, AP, No 68, Undated.
  • <S7> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Martin EA, 'When is a henge not a henge?', 1982, 141-2, ill.
  • <S8> Bibliographic reference: Loveday R. 2006. Inscribed Across the Landscape: The Cursus Enigma. fig 33.
  • <S9> Unpublished document: Martin, E.. 1976. Prehistoric Crop-Mark Sites in Suffolk.
  • <S10> Unpublished document: Martin, E. A. and Plouviez, J.. 1978. Prehistoric and Roman Cropmark Sites in Suffolk.

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May 1 2018 2:53PM

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